Read the original piece posted on AWID here Marching in Solidarity: Marcha Das Mulheres Negras Musings on Solidarity By Amina Doherty November 16th, 2015 As an activist I often think about what it means to ‘be in solidarity with’ and what it means to use my body, heart, and voice to amplify the stories and struggles […]
This article was originally published on The Journalist MONROVIA – When Paynesville Mayor Cyvette Gibson wanted to get the streets cleaned in the part of the Liberian capital that she runs, she enlisted the help of everybody she could find. Even the homeless and drug addicts helped to pick up litter. And when Ebola struck […]
This article was crossposted on Women Deliver By Segawa Patrick, Programme Coordinator, Publich Health Ambassador Uganda and Women Deliver Young Leader “…most people assume that someone with AIDS is immoral. They do not realize that there are other ways of transmission. They simply believe that if someone has AIDS, they must have acquired it through […]
This video highlights the work of African women leaders who participated in the African Women’s Development Fund’s (AWDF) annual CEO Forum in Nairobi, Kenya, from 10 – 12 August 2015. This 3-day convening, which is a part of AWDF’s Capacity Building Programme, focused on Leadership and Communications and featured 21 women leaders from 8 African […]
Advocacy Actions & Other Interventions on FOI Freedom of information (FOI) – also commonly referred to ‘access to information’ or ‘right to know’ or ‘right to information’ – is a fundamental and undeniable basic human right. The right to access public information is the right of every person to know, to have access to the […]
Broadly, a women focused website and digital video channel, has debuted a short documentary on Boxgirls Kenya, a community outreach programme, that focuses on young women and girls’ sexual and health rights. Founded in 2008 by professional boxers, Boxgirls Kenya uses boxing as a tool to tackle issues of sexual and gender based violence affecting young women and girls […]
PhotoCredit: Michael Duff | Women in The Survivor Dream Project By Fatou Wurie Magdalene is confident as she introduces herself to the group of nineteen survivors. “My name is Magdalene and I am a nurse, I survived Ebola. I caught it from work”. She stops there, smiles and names her gratitude for the day, “I […]
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This article was originally published on The Journalist. Read the original article here. Ebola is an infectious and generally fatal disease. It’s marked by fever and severe internal bleeding, spread through contact with infected body fluids. The countries of Sierra Leone and Guinea on Africa’s West Coast have been especially hard hit with about 4 […]
After more than a year of unimaginable suffering, West Africa looks cautiously ahead to the end of the most devastating outbreak of the Ebola virus the world has ever known. Yet the road for the three worst affected countries is still one of tough challenges. Whilst Liberia is celebrating a second round of being […]